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    Which egg for camping

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    What is the minimum egg size that could cook 2 pork butts?  The mini is only 9" diameter, wondering if the small would work.

    Thoughts?

    --Dave
    --Dave from Leesburg, VA BGE XL, Viking 42", Firepit with $16 grill
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      I take my small on the road in our Motor Home, I think you could do 2 butts but it would be tight for sure. If they were small or one large I think it would work. I have taken a medium and done 2 easily, but the medium won't fit in the MH and is just to heavy. G M

      I'm from North Carolina summer and Okeechobee Florida winter.

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      Wait and get mini max same grill space as small but more compact in height.
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      I have a mini and i have done several pork butts.  The max size is around 6 lbs and the thermometer usually poked into the butt.  They were rather tasty.  

      I would agree with tcampbell.  The mini max looks fantastics for camping/travel.
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      Plenty of us travel with a a small. Two butts isn't going to work in my opinion.


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      edited May 2014
      tcampbell said:
      Wait and get mini max same grill space as small but more compact in height.
      compact height is an understatement! Not sure how much lump this will hold allowing for a low and slow cook considering the relative size to that ball point pen. Picture courtesy of the MaskedMarvel.
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      Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time!
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      Basherer said:
      I have a mini and i have done several pork butts.  The max size is around 6 lbs and the thermometer usually poked into the butt.  
      Here's a little trick - remove that spring clip inside so that you won't impale the meat and or bend the probe. Pull the thermometer out, close the dome - re-insert the thermometer. That way it stays out of harms way! BTW pitch the clip then as gravity will hold it in place.
      Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time!
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      A medium will for sure hold 2 pork butts.
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      Thanks for the comments.  I think the mini-max looks ideal.  I may not get 2 butts into it, but I'll have to settle for 1 big one.  The form factor is perfect for camping.  

      For those of you with a Small, will a 8+ picnic butt fit OK?  I prefer big ones with the bone in.

      Thanks!

      -D
      --Dave from Leesburg, VA BGE XL, Viking 42", Firepit with $16 grill
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      I can fit a big one in mine if I pull the thermometer out. They always cook beautifuy, too. I like to think it has to do with the entire egg being so full. I can fill mine with lump and light it and put on a butt before I head out tomy stand and its pulled pork for everybody for supper.

      Little Rock, AR

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      I cooked a 9.63 lb picnic on my Small recently. It fit fine. I wonder what the lump capacity or max burn time on the Mini-Max will be.
      XL, Large, Small, Mini Eggs, Shirley Fabrication 24x36 Patio, Humphrey's Weekender, Karubecue C-60, MAK 1-Star General, Hasty Bake Gourmet, Santa Maria Grill, Webers: 14" WSM, 22.5" OTG, 22.5" Kettle Premium, WGA Charcoal, Summit S-620 NG

      Bay Area, CA
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      Here is a pork butt I did on my small while camping, I don't remember the exact size but it ended up feeding plenty. 

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      You can fit lots more on a small than you think. If you look at some of @R2Egg2Q older posts and some of mine its pretty amazing how much you can stuff in them. Lots of people do great things with  the mini egg too, but I think it is a tad too small to cook for a crowd, at least for me.

      I can did up more pictures if you need more examples for the small egg. 


      Large & Small BGE, CGW Two-Tier Swing Rack for BOTH EGGS, Spider for the Wok, eggCARTen & and Cedar Pergola my Eggs call home in Edmond, OK. 
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      awesome; that looks great.  I'll definitely wait for the minimax.  Even if I run out of fuel and need to reload, I like the size.

      Thanks!

      D
      --Dave from Leesburg, VA BGE XL, Viking 42", Firepit with $16 grill
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      I have done 2 small butts at the same time in my small but they were kinda leaning on each other and standing up. They turned out great.
      XL,L,S 
      Winston-Salem, NC 
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      Here's a picture of that picnic I mentioned (a couple of hours into the cook): Photobucket Pictures, Images and Photos
      XL, Large, Small, Mini Eggs, Shirley Fabrication 24x36 Patio, Humphrey's Weekender, Karubecue C-60, MAK 1-Star General, Hasty Bake Gourmet, Santa Maria Grill, Webers: 14" WSM, 22.5" OTG, 22.5" Kettle Premium, WGA Charcoal, Summit S-620 NG

      Bay Area, CA
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